Few hours before the opening Martha Robinson was being rushed into the back office by her husband Mickey Smith both entangled in a passionate kiss. "Going to be late getting ready" said Martha.
"Let us be late. I love you" he kissed her again.
"Can you believe it we are married we got this place with the help of some unknown source but I really want to know who that is!" He lifted her chin and kissed her once again. "All in good time" He placed his arms around her. "I love you" she smiled and kissed him. "Now I got to go," he said.
"To get our benefactor," he replied.
Joyce Robinson stepped into the club she had not walked into it since the night of the shooting over the year ago. However, time had passed. Her daughter was now married to Mickey there was nothing she could do but to accept as so had everyone else in the family. It looked like marriage had become the better of him. Her husband Cliff who had a walking stick on his right hand followed her. "Well it seems that they have made it look splendid," he said quite chuffed.
"All thanks to this mysterious benefactor whoever they might be" replied Joyce.
"Now, now Joyce it doesn't matter as long as they have a healthy business," he said.
"But it's not all theirs is it!" Joyce walked around saw Steve Palmer at the helm of the bar alongside Joyce's is middle son Jackson Robinson. "What on earth are you doing there!"
"Helping out" said Jackson as he smiled at Steve.
Steve was helping his friend Martha Robinson before he headed back to his aunt and uncles Inn. He used to work at Sea Crest Hotel before returning to Suburban Ways.
"Steve your back" she said.
"Yeah well Aunt Josie needed my help and so did Martha for tonight until they get regular staff" he said. Steve smiled as he handed Joyce a glass of wine. Joyce imagined a good life at Sea Crest Hotel but family ties, he wanted to stay.
Mickey Smith stood at arrivals folding his arms and looking at the clock. He was waiting for someone, someone who had saved the day and his life.
"Mia Knight is singing so I decided well why not promote Mia and then promote the club this could be also a showcase for upcoming stars like Mia" she said. She closed the files and stood up. "Is Mickey here yet" she looked at the clock!" She stepped outside with her brother.
Adele Robinson the youngest daughter of Cliff and Joyce clasped her hands with delight as she saw the young singer perform. She was one of Ken Robinson's newest recruits to top line of singers including Sammy Washington and Adele Carmichael.
Music began blaring out. Joyce sat in the corner with Cliff away from the noise. Adele walked over to them with drink in her hand. "Are you not on call tonight?" As she was knocking back the glass of wine much to Joyce's disgust, she noticed a man on the other side familiar to her watching Adele. "Don't look now but you have been drooled over by that man over there" she looked over and saw the tall man sitting over as he raised his glass. "Well maybe he like some company" she said. Joyce was startled as her daughter raced over to join him.
"Adele my name is Adele," she said.
"Maxwell Burns" he said. "Looks like you been watched" he said pointing to Joyce.
"Ah well" she sat next to him as they clinked their glasses together.
"Mom come on it's my week off" she said. Adele rolled her eyes. Ken arrived with his ex-wife Cassandra Robinson known to Cass to her friends. Joyce and Cliff still hoped there be a reconciliation between the two but there was no hope as Ken has a new girlfriend Jasmine Blake on her way back from England promoting her new range of hair products. "Hi" she said. Joyce greeted her with open arms. "Oh look Martha is on stage," she said to Joyce.
"Ladies and gentleman what a turn out. This club had its bad times and good times but now I look to the future. My husband needed help to ensure that the club will become a success but I was told to sit back and relax to let my husband do the work .I thought why not. So here he is, Mickey!" There was a round of applause and Mickey stood on stage as he was handed the microphone. "Thank you darling. Yes, so we needed help and searched and searched and with the help from my brother in law, I went through contacts and contacts and found the perfect person to become partners with. When this person found out, they were excited and flew to California. So here she is meet our new benefactor Miss Badhman." Martha looked shocked as so did Ken who turned to Cass. Joyce rolled her eyes in despair. Hannah Badhman has returned to Suburban Ways. She smiled left to right as cameras flashed where she was enjoying all the attention apart from a few Robinson family members.


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Iranian President Snubs US' List Of Demands For New Nuclear Deal
By Stephanie Liebergen
The Trump administration released a list of requirements for any new nuclear deal with Iran. Iran's president made it clear he's not interested.
"Who are you to decide for Iran and the world?"
That was Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's response to the Trump administration's list of demands for a new nuclear deal on Monday.
According to Iran's ILNA news agency, Rouhani went on to say, "We will continue our path with the support of our nation."
President Donald Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal earlier this month, but he left the door open to reach a new agreement. On Monday morning, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined a list of requirements for that new deal.
Related Story Trump's Reasons For Leaving The Iran Deal Omit Some Key Details
It's no surprise that Iran didn't take that well. It took years of negotiations to reach the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program. Now the Trump administration is essentially trying to start back at square one.
Others countries that were part of the original nuclear deal are trying to save it. But it's unclear whether or not those efforts will be enough.

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I have hypertension. But my main concern is that I am considered " pre-diabetic."
I purchased a bottle of cinnamon capsules that are "1000 mg".
The directions state: Take 2 capsules with a meal.
1. Is 1000 mg safe to take twice a day?
2. What's the best way to take cinnamon?
Since you have been told that you are pre-diabetic, you may want to read stopping type 2 diabetes. Be sure to eat a low glycemic diet as well as adopt a regular, aerobic exercise plan like daily walking.
Cinnamon has been given a rating of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to it's chief researcher from the USDA agricultural service, water extracted cinnamon is non toxic at any amount. So you could always empty your capsules into a glass of water, stir and drink the water.
Cinnamon will help to lower your blood sugar and increase your insulin sensitivity when you eat it before a meal twice a day. Getting the ground cinnamon is better because it will be water extracted. It's also cheaper and you don't have to digest the capsule. But if it's a matter of convenience for you cinnamon is cinnamon. It's a spice so it's already dried, ground and concentrated.
Ordinary table cinnamon that you buy in the supermarket is the same cinnamon companies put in capsules. I wrote about cinnamon and how it helps your overall fat loss program in cinnamon and weight loss. Water extracted cinnamon is what you need so all you have to do is put 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon in water, tea or another beverage and stir. It's ok that it settles on the bottom of the cup because there is enough extracted in the water that will do the job.
Cinnamon is a very safe spice. You could open up a capsule and put it into a measuring spoon to see what the quantity of 1000 mg. is. You don't need more than 1/2 teaspoon per serving.
I also devoted one of my newsletters to the question "Does cinnamon lead to fat loss?" There are lots of great health benefits to eating cinnamon regularly including lowering your cholesterol and reducing triglycerides! Since you are pre-diabetic you need to focus on increasing your insulin sensitivity and cinnamon is excellent for this.
You can buy cinnamon even more cheaply than the supermarket when you buy it in bulk at a natural foods market. Look in the supplement section where they keep herbs and spices in bulk.


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Q: ¿Porque user_username? Django Tengo una duda al momento de mandar un objeto a mi DetailView:
class ProfileDetailView(DetailView):
    model = Profile
    template_name = 'profiles/profile_detail.html'

    def get_object(self):
        return get_object_or_404(Profile, user__username=self.kwargs['username'])

Este seria mi el modelo Profile:
class Profile(models.Model):
    user = models.OneToOneField(User, on_delete = models.CASCADE)
    avatar = models.ImageField(upload_to = custom_upload_to, null = True, blank = True)
    biography = models.TextField(null = True, blank = True)
    link = models.URLField(max_length = 200, null = True, blank = True)

Mi primera duda es ¿A cual campo estoy haciendo referencia en esta parte del codigo?: ...,user_username=self...), Estoy haciendo referencia al campo username del modelo User o al campo user del modelo Profile?

Mi segunda duda es ¿Porque hay hacer referencia a este campo de esta manera extraña?: user__username

Y bueno mi ultima duda, es ¿Como es que recibe el método get_object el diccionario self.kwargs? y como es que en ese diccionario se encuentra el username de usuario? También vi que se podía acceder al pk del objeto, atraves del self.kwargs, pero yo no recibo el pk, ¿A que se debe eso?.

De antemano gracias por sus respuestas!

A: te ayudaré a responder y te pondré de referencia esta página la cual siempre uso de referencia para Django Class Based Views. Todo lo que te responderé lo saco de ahí, es cuestión de interpretar el código y verás la respuesta de cada pregunta.

Mi primera duda es ¿A cuál campo estoy haciendo referencia en esta parte del código?

Algo muy increíble de la ORM de Django es precisamente como maneja los "queries" (consultas a la base de datos) y una de sus características es la forma en la que obtiene y consulta las tablas relacionadas al modelo. En este caso, tienes un modelo llamado Profile con un campo en su tabla que tiene una relación de uno a uno con la tabla User. Esto en lógica quiere decir que un usuario tiene un solo perfil, y de la misma forma un perfil pertenece solo a un usuario.
Para responder tu pregunta, tu haces dos afirmaciones, y ambas son correctas. Si estás haciendo referencia al campo username de User y a la vez al campo user de Profile, ¿Por qué? porque cuando vas a realizar una consulta a la base de datos, normalmente quieres hacer un WHERE y filtrar los datos que deseas, en este caso quieres obtener un registro de tu tabla Profile pero el parámetro que tienes para hacer la búsqueda en tu base de datos no hace referencia a la tabla PROFILE si no USER. Es decir, tu tienes es el username del usuario. En Django esto es posible.
Te explico más a fondo, tu podrías consultar un perfil dado un usuario, con el id del usuario, de esta forma:
Profile.objects.get(user=1)

Podrías hacerlo simplemente con un objeto User, de esta forma:
user = User.objects.first()
Profile.objects.get(user=user)

Pero también, podrías hacerlo consultando los campos del modelo User
Profile.objects.get(user__id=1)
# si te das cuenta esta consulta es igual a Profile.objects.get(user=1)

¿Eso que quiere decir? Que también puedes consultar por cualquier otro campo que pertenezca a User:
Profile.objects.get(user__username='Julio')
Profile.objects.get(user__email='email.mail@mail.com')
Profile.objects.get(user__password='123456')  # hasta por contraseña si quieres

Django utiliza la expresión __ cuando tu quieres hacer referencia a los campos que pertenecen a una tabla relacionada. Es decir, como puedes ver en el ejemplo, ni username, ni email ni password pertenecen a la tabla Profile, por lo que yo debo especificar en la consulta a que tabla van. quedando una estructura así
"user" (la relacion) + "__" (Le decimos a Django que en la consulta haga un join) + "username" (un campo que solo puede pertenecer a "User")
"user__username" <== Este es el resultado

Al final esto se traduce en decirle esto a Django: "Django, tráeme el registro perfil que teniendo una relación a la tabla User tenga un User.username igual al valor que te especifique"
Otra forma de hacer esto mismo es la siguiente: User.objects.get(username=self.kwargs['username']).profile
Entonces respondiendo nuevamente a tu pregunta, SI si haces referencia al campo user del modelo Profile y SI también haces referencia al campo username del modelo User gracias a que con __ puedes hacer un join.

¿Por qué hay hacer referencia a este campo de esta manera extraña?

De pronto no puedo llegar al por qué, digamos que la gente que desarrolló Django así lo determinó. Pero es la forma de hacerlo, y ha funcionado bien para todos hasta el momento. Yo que he tenido la experiencia de trabajar con varios frameworks y ORMs como Laravel, WordPress, Waterline, Sequelize y otros más, me parece que Django es quien mejor administra las consultas y los joins. Solo es cuestión de entenderlo un poco más para que puedas ver el potencial que esto tiene.

¿Como es que recibe el método get_object el diccionario self.kwargs?

Si ves la página que te recomiendo que leas, verás que es DetailView es una clase, por lo que afirmar que get_object recibe self.kwargs no es del todo válido, ya que self es la instancia y kwargs es una propiedad de esa instancia. De hecho, el lugar en donde se setea esa propiedad es el en método as_view, si lees hay una línea donde determina self.kwargs = kwargs y dichos kwargs vienen de la configuración de las urls, por lo que DetailView no lo llena, si no que lo recibe en algún otra parte del código de Django que no merece ser explicado, porque como en una respuesta ya te dije, No es necesario saber cómo Django construye el request, eso es el asunto de Django y debemos confiar en el, esto siempre y cuando no necesitemos algún tipo de metadatos del request.

¿Cómo es que en ese diccionario se encuentra el username de usuario? También vi que se podía acceder al pk del objeto, a través del self.kwargs, pero yo no recibo el pk, ¿A qué se debe eso?

Hay una pregunta que no podré responderte y es la razón por la cual el username te está llegando por ahí. La verdad eso dependerá de la configuración de tus urls, como ya te respondí en Duda con UpdateView en Django el hecho de que puedas recibir parámetros en la url dependerá de tu expresión regular en la url. Te invito a que leas nuevamente tu pregunta anterior y puedas ver como funciona lo que recibes en la url de acuerdo a los grupos en la expresión regular. Lo más probable es que no tengas un pk porque en las urls no tienes algo como esto: (?P<pk>\d+). Pero si quieres, puedes adjuntar el código de tus urls para ayudarte a responder mejor este punto.

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PM Modi reached Port Blair on Saturday evening.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a packed schedule in Andaman and Nicobar Islands today. The Prime Minister has seven events planned for the day, starting with a visit to Tsunami Memorial at Car Nicobar.
He will lay a wreath at the memorial and light a candle at the Wall of Lost Souls, a statement from his office said.
PM Modi will then meet tribal chiefs at the BJR Stadium. He is also expected to address a public meeting there, PM's party, the BJP, said.
The prime minister will also inaugurate an industrial training institute at Arong and lay the foundation stone for some infrastructure projects, news agency PTI said.
Later in the day, he will lay a wreath at the Martyrs Column at Port Blair and will visit the Cellular Jail in the city. PM Modi will hoist the high mast flag at South Point, Port Blair. He will pay floral tributes at statue of Subhash Chandra Bose at Marina Park in Port Blair, the statement said.
Three islands are also likely to be given new names during PM's visit. Ross Island, Neil Island and Havelock Island are expected to be renamed as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Island, Shaheed Dweep and Swaraj Dweep respectively.


You might have heard about several heroic stories of women, but this is not an ordinary one. Imagine a situation where accidentally you lost your near and dear ones suddenly. Most of us won't be able to bear the thought of losing our family members. We would probably suffer a mental breakdown or get completely lost in despair. Something similar happened with Deesha Gandhi who lost three of her family members in a tragic accident. But the brave little girl was able to come out of the sorrow and fought like a warrior throughout her life.
Deesha was born in Mumbai in 1984 and her family shifted to Ahmadabad in the year 1993. Recalling the horrific doomsday of her life, she narrates us the entire ordeal of the massive accident. It was a beautiful day when her family thought of visiting the religious shrine of Nathdwara before they begin with the Gudi Padva (Marathi New Year) celebrations.
Her father was driving at a minimal speed on the narrow roads when suddenly a bus came and rammed into them. It was a massive accident and on the spot, she lost her father, younger brother, and grandmother. Deesha and her mother lost their consciousness and woke up directly at the hospital. Deesha was almost declared dead but she was saved and brought back to life when the nurse saw a little movement in her body.
The saddest part of the terrible incident was that she and her mother were unaware of the deaths of the rest of the family members and they were told about it days later. They didn't even get the time to mourn properly as Deesha's condition was critical.
Till date, Deesha has undergone over 100 surgeries as she had multiple fractures. For further treatment, she was taken to Bombay where the doctors announced that it would take Deesha two to three years more to stand up at her own feet.
Deesha was about to be amputated but the amputation procedure didn't happen as the medicines started working on Deesha. She returned back to Ahmadabad where she met another doctor who gave her the best treatment. She went under several medical procedures and used walking aids to manage her daily activities.
Deesha got married in the year 2013 and as soon as she became pregnant, one of the plates in her leg broke. Post the birth of her son, she underwent four surgeries. Now she has only one surgery left and hopes this to be the last one.
One of the greatest things about Deesha is that after facing so many troubles in her life, she has got that spirit of living. Although being bedridden she currently handles her HR consultant firm.
She believes that people should live with the hope of a better tomorrow. Bad times are just a small phase of one's life. One should never break down or lose hope during such phases of life. Instead, they should find a better way of coming out of their sorrow.
Deesha feels herself as a woman of courage when people take inspiration from her, of how she is still standing strong even after suffering so much. Deesha keeps on inspiring millions of women today who have lost hopes from their lives which indeed make her a daring soul.
Journey From Being A Pampered Child To A Strong Independent Individual - Dr. Dolly Patel.


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Q: Reclassifying 16,000+ rasters and doing weighted sums on these rasters per year using ArcGIS ModelBuilder? I've been trying to build a model in ModelBuilder (ArcGIS 10.1) which can do the following task:
I have a folder full of ca. 16,000 raster files (.asc) representing mean temperatures for each day of 40+ years with names like 19800101, 19800102 (first two days of January 1980) etc. Now I want:

*

*import each .asc to raster

*reclassify each raster (e.g. temperature x = 0, temperature y = 1)

*do a weighted sum of all rasters of one year (to get the number of all days with temperature y)

*write resulting yearly rasters to a different folder

I tried different things but nothing worked for the whole process. I can get 1) and 2) working in a model but fail to do 3) and 4) along with it automated and had to do it by hand which is very time consuming. I suppose it comes down to using different iterators, but I just can't find a way to get it working.
Can you point me in the right direction for doing this task automated and efficiently in ModelBuilder?

A: Use two models: 1) Import/Reclass and 2) weighted sum/output.
To get the year to sum on, use an interate rasters. In Model Builder, Add Field "Year", calculate field [year] as:
left(%value%,4)
That will get you the first four characters of your raster name to use as a year.
Once you've got a year field for all your rasters, sum them together on the basis of that year.


This research is likely to transform the way how bulk chemicals will be produced in the future. The ultimate goal is a cheap, standalone solar-powered system to turn CO2 into fuels for vehicles, cooking or power generation.
Prof Rebrov is Head of Laboratory for Energy Intensified Reactor Engineering in the School of Engineering and CTO at Stoli Catalysts Ltd, a spin out company of the University of Warwick.
In the framework of the SCOPE project (Surface-COnfined fast-modulated Plasma for process and Energy intensification in small molecules conversion), he will investigate how cold plasma and its interaction with catalytic coatings will intensify the production of fertilisers and so called solar fuels.
These solar fuels received their name because they are made from nothing more than atmospheric air, water and electricity produced by sunlight. Their synthesis has two processes that need to run in symbiosis.
The first is a plasma system that uses electricity from solar panels to split CO2 and H2O into oxygen, hydrogen and carbon monoxide. Then these species can be converted over solid catalysts into alcohols like methanol and ethanol that are the precursors to liquid fuels. Fertilisers are made by another chemical route to split atmospheric N2 and H2O to make ammonia and nitrates.
The development of advanced chemical energy conversion and chemical storage technologies is an important area of research at the University of Warwick. The SCOPE project will provide a pathway to alternative chemical resources, while helping to mitigate emissions and climate change associated with use of fossil fuels.
Professor Rebrov will work with principal investigators from Italy, Belgium, and Australia who will bring together different skills in this ambitious research project. Establishment of a world-class multidisciplinary research team in the area of plasma catalysis will provide high quality training for the next generation of young scientists and engineers in energy conversion and storage to maintain competitive edge in this interdisciplinary area.
Evgeny Rebrov will collaborate more closely with a process intensification and disruptive technologies sustainability expert, Professor Volker Hessel, from the University of Adelaide, Australia. To stimulate this collaboration, Volker Hessel took a part-time Professor position at the University of Warwick. Prof Rebrov will take a reciprocal role at the University of Adelaide.
The SCOPE project will start on 1st April 2019 and has a duration of six years.


It's a one hour documentary about the development of the independent music/punk/DIY in Ireland scene over the last 5-20 years that I whole-heartedly support at every opportunity even while I am increasingly less involved in a playing/participatory capacity. I'm not going to go on too much, but I recommend everyone watch it, especially anyone who may not be that well versed in the DIY/Independent music scene.
Great footage of loads of bands you will have heard of and even more that you may not have heard of. This scene directly influenced my thinking and work as a self-publishing comic and zine artist. It's not a manifesto, but I wouldn't be doing what I am today without it.


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Leirvatnet is a lake located on the border between Norway and Sweden.  The majority of the  lake lies in Sørfold Municipality in Nordland county, Norway, and the remaining  of the lake are located in Jokkmokk Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden.  The lake lies at one end of the large Blåmannsisen glacier.

See also
 List of lakes in Norway
 Geography of Norway

References

Sørfold
Lakes of Nordland
Lakes of Norrbotten County
Norway–Sweden border
International lakes of Europe

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The Human Question for Meaning: Theories, Research, and Applications (2nd ed.).
New York, NY: Routledge, 2012. 719 pp.
Reviews the book, The Human Quest for Meaning: Theories, Research, and Applications (2nd ed.) edited by Paul T. P. Wong (see record 2012-03755-000). The meaning of life is obviously a perennial human concern, but it has also been, especially within the past few decades, a very active area of psychological research. This edited volume is an extensive compilation of the latest work in this area. It is the second edition of a book originally edited by Wong and Fry (1998) and represents a considerable expansion and reworking of that original text: Whereas the Wong and Fry volume contained 19 chapters by 23 contributors and spanned 488 pages, the current edition contains 28 chapters (21 of which are new) by 45 contributors and runs a full 719 pages. One valuable feature of this new edition is the extensive cross-referencing among the chapters, which lends a much-needed sense of coherence to a volume whose scope is virtually encyclopedic. Taken together, the chapters in this volume make a compelling case that a sense of life's meaning has very positive consequences for psychological well-being, health, human relationships, and adaptation to life throughout the life span.
The full review of this abstract has been published as Smythe, W. E. (2013). Finding meaning in meaning research. PsycCRITIQUES 58(12). Click here for the book review of The Human Quest for Meaning.


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The Morningstar Dictionary: Alpha
A risk-adjusted performance statistic used to evaluate how good a job an investment manager has done.
Wendy Stein 13 July, 2018 | 5:00PM
Alpha is one of the Modern Portfolio Theory statistics reported by Morningstar. Alpha, along with the other MPT statistics, can help investors assess the risk-return profile of investments. You can find them in the Risk section of a fund or ETF's Morningstar Report on Morningstar.ca.
Alpha is a risk-adjusted performance statistic that's used to evaluate how good a job an investment manager has done; that is, how much value he or she has added over and above the return provided by the market over a specific time period.
Alpha is the difference between an investment's average excess return and the market's average excess return, adjusted for systematic risk as measured by beta. If you need a refresher on the beta measure, click on the Morningstar Dictionary link below.
Excess return, for both the investment and the benchmark is the difference between total return and the return of a risk-free investment. Excess return is used instead of actual return because it's assumed that the return of an investment or market benchmark should, at the very least, exceed that of a risk-free investment.
The market is represented by a benchmark index based on the mandate of the investment. For example, a suitable benchmark for a Canadian equity fund that invests in companies listed on the TSX could be the S&P/TSX Composite Index.
Positive alpha for a fund indicates that the fund's manager delivered a better return than what would be predicted based on the fund's beta. Negative alpha indicates the opposite, that the manager delivered a worse return than expected.
Alpha can be a helpful metric to evaluate how good a job a fund manager has done but there are a few important caveats to keep in mind.
The first has to do with the importance that beta plays in estimating alpha. A meaningful alpha value is completely dependent upon a meaningful beta value because beta is used to estimate an investment's predicted return. A meaningless beta value translates into a meaningless alpha value.
Second, to ensure an apples-to-apples comparison, you should only compare the alphas of similar investments and in terms of funds, funds in the same category. For example, the alpha of a small cap US equity fund could be compared to that of another small cap US equity fund but not to the alpha of a large cap US equity fund.
Lastly, it's important to keep perspective. Over any specific time period, an unskilled manager can get lucky and generate positive alpha and a skillful manager can get unlucky and generate negative alpha.
For Morningstar, I'm Wendy Stein.
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← Simplification Through the Eyes of a Runner.
Cooking in a Youth Hostel Through the Eyes of a Runner.
Have you ever gotten the pleasure to cook in a hostel kitchen?
Now when you first read that opening question, did you think I was being sarcastic? It kinda sounds like it right? Plus if you think about a bunch of 20 something year olds sharing one kitchen and all the dishes, ew. That has got to be gross and dirty right?
I absolutely loved my cooking experience! Yes, the dishes weren't my standard cleanliness (like obsessive cleanliness), but they were clean. Only selective burners worked, but me James, and Lydia bonded over this. Everyone was chatting with each other and laughing, and those of us who were lone travelers and we're sitting alone were still part of the conversations and fun. We laughed over undercooked pasta, overcooked asparagus, and enjoyed what we had.
Life is simpler in a hostel.
People here seem to be searching to find their way.
From 30 year old Michael, the French traveler I met while we were chopping our onions, who is searching for a job so he can travel and treat himself to the vacations he wants, to Aphrodite, my 54 year old roommate who has just returned from Greece to Australia and wants to settle back in here, to the current long term residents who are working 8 hours a day and then joining us in the kitchen, life is being lived and paths are being discovered in hostels.
It certainly sounds like a great way to meet people.
You are so brave to stay at one. I think it would be amazing do stay at one once just to meet all the different people. But then I remember the horror movie hostel and I am terrified to do so.
You can do it Paulina!! It was fun for a short time!!
Your hostel experience sounds fun! I've heard crazy stories and have always been a little freaked out by them!
Please be careful, my lovely child. I can see that you are enjoying life and experiencing in a new world.
Cooking has a way to unite people and create conversation out of nowhere! Your experience sounds awesome.
Where I come from, a hostel is pretty much something you live in when you're still in school, but its too far for your parents… Think y'all call it a boarding school!
For me, it takes time to shift my brain to that context – but I have to say that I totally LOVED living in hostel during school time and outside of that!
It really is the best way to live, especially when on holiday!
Oh! That's cool! It has definitely just been a holiday spot for me probably not all year in school haha!
I am so jealous of your travels! Sounds so exciting!
This sounds so awesome! I was definitely too scared to stay in a hostel when we went to Europe, but it sounds like you're having a great time!
What a fun & unique way to meet people!
This post made me happy! I love how you shared a bit about these peoples lives! It shows how much this experience moved you! I think it would definitely be a great experience to stay at a hostel!
This is so cool! I have some friends who just got back from Germany and they stayed at a hostel and absolutely loved it!
How neat! I just love meeting new people with fascinating stories!


Backs onto the old Town Wall.
The Hotel had eight bedrooms.
At time of last Local History Survey in 1980 : Occupied by A G Pinch & Sons Ltd, a bakery, rented from 1961.
In 1984: Occupied by 'Jungles' – fancy goods and clothes. Pinches then moved, with their bakery, to 16 Cross Street.
F Woodhead rented the building from Sayce's.
Timothy Wallington was also at 12 Frogmore Street 1858 – 1865. Mrs Sarah Wallington 12 Frogmore Street 1865 – 1871.
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It's an expensive hybrid that you can plug into the wall.
Fisker Automotive. Think of it as a marriage between the Chevy Volt and the Tesla Roadster.
The company is planning to come to market in about 18 months with a high-performance, high-end, plug-in hybrid sedan. The car will cost $80,000. It will go about 50 miles on a battery charge, which isn't far, but the car will also come with a built-in gas engine that exists primarily to charge the battery. With the charging capability, the car can go hundreds of miles, according to Henrik Fisker, the company's CEO.
With a range of hundreds of miles, the car will go farther than other electric cars coming to market. The new electric cars go only about 225 miles on a single charge at best. Granted, Fisker's car uses a little gas--something electric cars don't--but it won't burn much. This is how the Volt functions. General Motors, however, doesn't plan on coming out with the Volt until 2010. If Fisker hits its goals, it will have cars on the market in 2009. Fisker, though, is also aiming at the luxury end of the market with its alternative car, which makes it like Tesla. Its tag line is "Eco-chic."
Fisker also hopes to come out with SUVs and other types of cars. The drive train comes from Quantum Technologies, by the way. Quantum works with a number of companies and government agencies on alternative fuel vehicles. Initial production will be about 15,000 vehicles a year.
The company will show off a prototype at the Detroit Auto Show, according to the company's somewhat cryptic Web site.
In this day and age, it seems everybody has started an alternative car company. There is Tesla, Miles Automotive, Zap and Venture Vehicles. Everyone but my grandmother, and that's because we took her license away.
But Fisker does have something a lot of these other companies don't. Namely, experience in the auto industry. Henrik worked for years at Ford and BMW. He came up with the BMW Z8 and the Aston Martin DB9.
Thanks to Greg King of Wostec for pointing out the Fisker presentation at the Dow Jones Alternative Energy Innovations Conference taking place in Redwood City, Calif., this week.


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President Trump says he's too smart to believe in climate change
President Donald Trump said he had "very high levels of intelligence" and, as such, did not believe in the scientific consensus on climate change in an interview with The Washington Post published on Tuesday.
"One of the problems that many people like me, we have very high levels of intelligence, but we are not necessarily so believers," said Trump, speaking with Josh Dawsey and Philip Rucker of the Post. "You look at our air and our water and right now we are in a clean place." … As to whether or not it is made by man and if the effects you are talking about are there, I do not see it, it is not as they are ".
Trump's statements, his most recent in a long history of denial of climate change, go against the vast majority of scientists who say that the planet has heated up rapidly since the Industrial Revolution and will continue to do so unless humanity is able to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Without such action, the planet faces a series of devastating effects, including the massive death of coral reefs; an increase in the severity of natural disasters, such as forest fires; and a global economic blow in the trillions of dollars, according to a recent study of the United Nations.
The White House published its own National Climate Assessment on the Friday after Thanksgiving. The 1,656-page report, compiled by 13 federal agencies and more than 300 researchers, painted the darkest portrait of America's future so far, noting that the country had already heated up 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century and warmed up another 3 degrees by 2100 unless the use of fossil fuels is reduced. Predictions even said that warming could approach 9 degrees or more by the end of the century.
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White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on Tuesday that the recent National Climate Assessment "is not based on facts." The report was compiled by 13 federal agencies and more than 300 investigators.
Among the threats to health and the environment, the report also warned that sweeping damage would cut up to 10 percent of the US economy.
Trump and his representatives, however, have moved to downplay those conclusions.
"It's not based on facts." It's not based on data, "White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said at a news conference on Tuesday." We would like to see something that is more data-driven. It's based on modeling. "
Home Secretary Ryan Zinke also moved to review the findings of the report, saying they were based on "the worst scenarios."
The authors of the report have taken Twitter to defend their predictions.
"I wrote the chapter on climate scenarios myself, so I can confirm that it considers ALL of the scenarios, from those in which we become negative carbon before the end of the century to those where carbon emissions continue to increase", Katharine Hayhoe, co-author of the current evaluation and the director of the Center for Climate Science at Texas Tech University, said in a tweet on Friday.
The president has remained steadfast in his anti-climate rhetoric in recent days, even after the devastating Camp fire in northern California left at least 88 dead. Trump toured the city of Paradise, which was incinerated, and said his opinion on climate change had not changed after the visit.
He moved to blame the forest management policies during the visit, even suggesting that "tracking" would help stop the scourge of forest fires, statements he seemed to repeat in his interview with the Post on Tuesday.
"The fire in California, where it was, if you looked at the floor, the fire floor has trees that fell, they did not manage the forest, nor maintenance of the forest, and you can light it, you can take a match like" This and light a trunk tree when that thing stays there for more than 14 or 15 months, "Trump said. "You go to other places where you have denser trees, it's denser, where the trees are more flammable, they do not have forest fires of this kind, because they keep."
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I stumbled upon this link and was wondering, how come it never got implemented?
I'm aware that there were some issues, but that's part of testing; to see if there are any problems. However, how come these weren't fixed?
I'll tell you right now, the interface is absolutely beautiful. I would love to hear some information as to why it never got implemented.
If possible, maybe we can try to implement it again? The current interface is waaaaay outdated with todays technology. This interface is perfect to fit it though.
tldr: It wasn't good to use that UI on things other than a tablet and the feedback was largely negative.
But why couldn't forculus or others fix it? That UI or whatever it is looks cool. I would of used it.
This 2003 look is dull. Sends players a bad feel like the game is to old.
Yes, the new PPX UI *looked* cool. But, the more I actually used it, the worse it was in practice. Many people are resistant to change and so early on in the public beta for PPX I stressed that people should give it a few weeks so you can adapt. Unfortunately, after using it for several weeks, I kept finding more and more serious problems with it and eventually soured on it.
One of the big issues with the interface was that it was designed by suits in offices who didn't play the game, near as I can tell. At the very least, I suspect there was interference by Sega, who was looking for something to impact their bottom line quickly.
I suspect that it would be possible to redo the interface in a way that still works. But wholesale changes would soak up many months of programming time, which I'm not sure can be lost right now. Incremental changes might be possible, depending on how the underlying code is written, but I'm not sure incremental changes would do enough to make a difference.
Moreover, expect some HWFO each and every step of the way. I mean, if you look at a pirate page, the skills used to be arranged in a real slapdash fashion, with sails at the top, bilge and guns partway down, carp near the bottom, and the rest scattered every which way. A navigator trying to job at a specific skill level or higher had to skim the entire pirate page for the skills that mattered. I suggested (and got) the current setup, where all the pirate skills that a navigator is going to care about are at the top of the page, in the same order the ship dials have.


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July 11, 2017 2017 offseason, Anthony Chiang, Cleveland Cavaliers, Dion Waiters, Erik Spoelstra, Pat Riley.
MIAMI — Dion Waiters is known for his confidence, and that confidence was on display during an appearance on Fox Sports 1's "Undisputed" on Tuesday.
Skip Bayless, one of the personalities on "Undisputed," has made it known that he believes the Heat can make it to the Eastern Conference Finals next season. Waiters doesn't disagree.
After re-signing Waiters and James Johnson, and retaining Wayne Ellington last week, the Heat are bringing back most of last season's team that recorded a 30-11 record over the final 41 regular-season games. With those signings, the Heat now have 10 players from last year's season-ending roster under contract for next season and Udonis Haslem is also expected to re-sign with Miami to push that number up to 11.
Waiters believes that continuity will help the Heat avoid another slow start to the season. Miami began 11-30 before turning things around to finish at 41-41 and just one game short of making the playoffs.
Waiters was one of the big reasons behind Miami's second-half surge. The 25-year-old averaged 18.4 points on 46.7 percent shooting to go with 3.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists over the 30-11 run.
But a sprained ankle forced Waiters to miss the season's final 13 games, as Miami recorded a 7-6 record in his absence.
"Undisputed" personalities Shannon Sharpe and Bayless kept pushing Waiters on whether he believes the Heat can beat the Cavaliers in a playoff series next season. The Heat shooting guard seemed hesitant to make that prediction, but he did point out that Miami posted a 3-1 record against Cleveland last season.
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Q: Environment/IDE for coding C++ with easily selectable text and timing? I've been using VS and DevC++ to create C++ console programs, but I dislike that the output is in a console window. I'd like to be able to easily copy/paste text without needing to right click the window, go to properties, enable quickedit mode, and so forth.
Lastly, I'd like to be able to time how long my program takes to run (accurately). I am using Windows.

A: You could use Eclipse. Eclipse for Java is a state of the art ide, and from what I have heard so far, so is Eclipse for C/C++. Netbeans for C++ is also a viable choice, along with Code::Blocks.
As for the console, I do not know if you can do it. You are running a console application and you don't want it to appear on a console? What kind of sorcery is that? Ok you could maybe just download an interactive shell for windows or something and manage to achieve what you want.
As for the timer, IDEs such as Visual Studio (the paid editions, can't talk about express edition) and Eclipse or Netbeans, feature a profiler, either by default, or by an add-on you must install, which can be used to evaluate your program and run several metrics on it.

A: As to the first part of your question,  enabling QuickEdit is a once-only thing, so I really think it's far from onerous to select console text.   You can always tee the output to a file when you invoke the application.
tee.exe
Depending on one's definition of "accurately",  using clock() might suffice:
#include <time.h>
clock_t start, finish;
start = clock();
//  do stuff
finish = clock();
double duration = (finish-start) / (double)CLOCKS_PER_SEC;

This gives millisecond accuracy on Windows.

A: Try Console - http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/


May 1st I fly out to California. My brother Sean is going to pick me up at LAX. Then to my first farm. I have not decided if that will be San Diego or Los Angeles (my preference will be LA and then San Diego) with the other being the next farm.
Stacy, add me! I am sure one day you will look back and have ZERO regrets doing something so awesome. That is why I am going to Korea. It will be the experience for me and just maybe it will kick start more things in my future! I hope you come to Washington. It has been awesome weather! I hope you will say hello to me every once in a great while! Be good Stacy!


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Unless you have a business need, tow a trailer, live down a bumpy lane, or get snowed in during the winter you are most likely to want a Land Rover for its fun value, practicality, longevity, and relatively cheap insurance.
Bear in mind however that spares, servicing, repairs and enhancements can be expensive compared to running a small saloon.
Buying a used vehicle can be a chancy business. Topside the paintwork may gleam, but underneath there may be rot in the chassis and damage to the suspension - existence of a current MOT is no guide to the vehicles condition. There are a lot of rascals selling unroadworthy vehicles.
Ideally you should obtain an AA or RAC inspection, or at the very least take a close look underneath. It is surprising how many people will buy a vehicle unseen.
Magazines such as Land Rover Owner International can give you a good idea of what to look for.
Never buy a vehicle without either inspecting it or getting a competent person to do that on your behalf.
When younger with little money I attempted many repairs myself. Many simple maintenance tasks could be carried out by a competent home mechanic, especially on the early Series Land Rovers, using either the workshop manual and parts manual or the Haynes Service and Repair Manual.
In later life, I could afford to let someone else do the work, and now in retirement the Land Rover has gone.
Eventually it becomes easier and cheaper to climb in and out of a saloon!
You and your local garage may not have the competence, specialist tools and parts to carry out the repair properly.
Rusted nuts, bolts and corroded bleed screws cannot be undone.
You do not have access to approved facilities for disposing of waste oil, fuel and antifreeze safely.
You are not as fit as you were.
There is no Land Rover garage in Malvern.
Listers Land Rover Droitwich is a franchised main dealer within walking distance of the railway station. Many of the used vehicles for sale have not been used much off-road. Not the cheapest but both you and your vehicle should be well looked after.
APB Trading located on the industrial estate at Hartlebury near Kidderminster is a good place for servicing, advice and to get spare parts, particularly for farmers.
RSM Ltd on the Spring Lane Industrial Estate also advertise as Land Rover Specialists.
Millers Tyres in Spring Lane can supply tyres, but do not adjust tracking or now supply batteries.
Apart from the main agents in Glasgow and Edinburgh you may find it more difficult to get your vehicle maintained in Scotland.
Quothquan Workshops near Biggar is an established small business catering especially for the servicing, repair and restoration of early Series 1, Series 2, and Series 3 Land Rovers.


Easy homemade caramel popcorn, with great gingerbread spices. You won't believe how easy it is to make this classic sweet snack!
Caramel popcorn is such an easy sweet treat to make, and this version has sweet gingerbread spices mixed in with the buttery caramel. You'll never want store-bought caramel corn again!
Can you believe Christmas is a week away?! I'm amazed at how quickly December (well, this whole year really), has flown by. I don't know about you, but I still have SO much to do! I don't even have all my gifts yet (but they're coming at least), and I haven't wrapped a thing… eeeeek!!!
With so much to do this time of year, the last thing you need is a complicated holiday dessert/snack right? That's why even though the year is winding down (I only have one more post to share with you in 2017!), I knew I had to sneak this one in. It's so simple to make, and has only about 15 minutes (if that) of hands-on time!
This time of year those big tins of multi-flavored popcorn with the winter scenes painted on the side are in about every store. My Grandma used to love those, so we'd always pick up a couple. My absolute favorite part has always been the caramel popcorn! I think it's because it reminds me of my all-time favorite snack… Cracker Jack!
On to THIS caramel popcorn. Oh man, the gingerbread spices give this caramel corn a great subtle flavor twist that will have you coming back for handful after handful!
To measure sticky ingredients like the molasses and corn syrup, lightly spray the inside of a measuring cup with non-stick cooking spray. It really helps! A rubber spatula works like a charm too.
Make sure you line your baking sheet with parchment paper that's been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Baked-on caramel is definitely not fun to clean up!
I usually use a bag of pre-popped popcorn, microwave bags, or use popcorn kernels in a glass bowl… check out the tutorial for that here.
After you've finished making the caramel sauce, as you're pouring it over the popcorn, don't just glob it on… drizzle it around and stir it quickly. It will start to harden pretty fast.
On that note, don't worry if all the popcorn is coated. As it bakes, the caramel sauce will loosen up some, and when you stir it, it should cover most of the popcorn.
Heavy bottomed saucepan – I have several high-end brand pans, and this one outperforms them all!
Baking sheets – I've had two of these pans for several years and they've held up to a LOT of use!
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Easy homemade caramel popcorn, with great gingerbread spices. You won't believe how easy it is to make this classic sweet snack!
Lightly coat a large (the biggest you have - or if you don't have really large mixing bowls, you'll have to use two and divide popcorn in half), mixing bowl with non-stick cooking spray. Add popped popcorn and set aside.
Line two 15x10" baking pans with parchment paper and lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 250 F degrees.
Add brown sugar, butter, corn syrup, molasses, ginger, cinnamon and salt to a heavy bottomed saucepan and heat over MED heat, stirring constantly. Bring to a boil, then boil without stirring for 4 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla. The caramel will foam a little bit, that's okay. Working quickly, pour mixture over popcorn and mix as well as you can. If not all the popcorn is covered, that's okay, as it bakes the caramel will thin out and be easier to stir and coat.
Transfer popcorn to prepared baking pans. Bake for 1 hour, stirring every 10-15 minutes. Let cool in pans, break apart any large clumps and store in an airtight container.
This truly is the perfect holiday treat!! I think I'm going to be making it!
Wow this looks SOOOOO good! I would like to share this with my family over the holidays!
Now I just need a movie and I am set!
Pure perfection. This is thee perfect snack to have out on the table during a party- fun and festive and just the right amount of sweet!
Oh, wow! I'm a big Cracker Jack lover, so this really looks good to me! I love the gingerbread twist for the holiday season! Can't wait to try it!
Love this holiday twist! This would be great as gifts for neighbors!!


Based on a recent report from the Government Accountability Office, Obamacare could have a costly problem on its hands.
Between Nov. 1, 2015 and Jan. 31, 2016, consumers will have the opportunity to shop around for health insurance, using Obamacare's online exchanges to make transparent side-by-side comparisons. This relatively new law of the land has so far succeeded in lowering the uninsured rate: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recorded the lowest uninsured rate in history during the first quarter of 2015 at just 9.2% (although this includes Medicare enrollees, too).
The U.S. Government Accountability Office, or GAO, is essentially a watchdog that investigates, audits, and evaluates government agencies to determine if everything is working as it should be. And when it comes to preventing subsidy fraud among people enrolling for Obamacare, the GAO has discovered that the checks and balances in place are far from adequate.
Fast forwarding to 2015: It couldn't happen again, right? Actually, based on the latest report from the GAO, things actually got worse! The GAO created 10 fictitious applicants and attempted to enroll them for subsidies in four different states, and all 10 were approved for subsidies! In all four states -- New Jersey, North Dakota, California and Kentucky -- impossible Social Security numbers proved no obstacle in an over-the-phone application. Also, in all four states, employer-sponsored coverage not meeting "minimum-essential" standards wasn't an obstacle to attempts to enroll online. Finally, California and Kentucky allowed for a duplicate enrollment by phone.
When questioning individual states on the findings, the GAO discovered that California's and Kentucky's Social Security identity-proofing process worked correctly, but that the workers in question bypassed the necessary steps to identify the SS numbers as "impossible." Similarly, officials from both states suggested that unless supporting documents look obviously altered, their authenticity isn't questioned.
If there is any consolation here, it's that Obamacare's enrollment safeguards aren't alone in their poor performance. The GAO managed to join Medicaid with fictitious applicants in eight out of 10 tries in 2015.
As a whole, the Congressional Budget Office projects that Obamacare will cost in the neighborhood of $1.2 trillion between 2015 and 2024, primarily spent on subsidizing coverage for low-income individuals and their families. If a percentage of these subsidies are going to fraudulent accounts, it not only could take away money from those who need it most, but it could increase the cost of the Obamacare program as a whole. Keep in mind here that we're talking about maybe millions of dollars in subsidy fraud compared to a $1.2 trillion dollar program, so any cost increases would be fairly minimal on a relative basis. However, it points to a clear inefficiency in the safeguards to protect the government against subsidy fraud, leading to an inefficient spending of federal money.
Furthermore, clamping down on overpaid subsidies, such as if someone underestimated his or her income for the full year, is difficult for the IRS. The IRS isn't allowed to garnish wages or seize property in order to collect subsidy overpayments or penalties for failure to comply with the individual mandate. What they can do is take it out of an individual's tax refund.
But what if someone isn't due a tax refund? The IRS has no other recourse but to send you a letter demanding you pay. It could, in theory, take you to court to collect if you don't pay, but with potentially many other cases around the country playing out exactly the same, the chances of that happening are probably slim.
Additionally, over 3 million fewer people received tax refunds last year than the year before, despite 500,000 more returns filed, which makes you wonder. While it's a mistake to assume that correlation implies causation, this trend could mean some consumers are intentionally ensuring they're not due a tax refund in order to avoid having to pay individual mandate non-compliance penalties or pay back some of their subsidy overallotment.
With 87% of eligible Obamacare enrollees receiving a subsidy from the federal government, it's pretty clear that something needs to be done to fix the law's blatant tax credit errors. Thankfully, there are two suggestions that might work.
The first is simply to work with what we're given by beefing up security in areas where it's lacking. States need better tools to verify income and citizenship, and they need employees who are fully trained in recognizing what could be fictitious accounts. Even if it means hiring more people and relying less on online verification processes, states will need to do a better job of recognizing warning signs if the current tax credit program is to be fixed.


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What Are the Benefits of an i9 Laptop?
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There's no denying that the Intel Core i9 chipset is among the most capable processing units on the mainstream market. It's a spirited performer that will accomplish any task you throw at it with grace and finesse, no matter the intensity of the task. However, the chipset is far from nonpareil, as formidable challengers like the AMD Ryzen 9 continue to garner a lot of momentum.
Even if you disregard chief like-priced competitors, the Core i7 is still a highly capable and super popular chipset, which begs the question of whether or not upgrading to an i9 laptop is worth the hefty price tag. The question becomes even more pertinent upon knowing that i9 CPUs offer the same number of cores as their predecessors (4-8 cores), but with higher clock speeds.
The benefits of buying an i9 laptop have less to do with the number of cores or threads that the CPU offers and more to do with the technologies that set the Core i9 CPU apart from the rest of the competition. This post attempts to highlight the few benefits you get to enjoy after upgrading to an i9 laptop, and whether or not these benefits should be of any value to you, so stick around.
Hyper-Threading Technology
Turbo Boost Technology
Ultra High-Definition Graphics
Optane Memory Caching
Virtually all modern processing chipsets feature a multi-core configuration that enables them to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously. This implies that CPUs with a greater number of cores are superior, which isn't far from the truth, but the effect of multi-core configurations isn't always as apparent as we'd expect it to be. This is where single-threading and multi-threading come in.
Before we explain why Intel's Hyper-Threading technology is such a significant innovation, we're required to shed light on multi-threading. Simply put, it's a means of dividing up tasks for parallel or simultaneous processing. Put differently, it's a form of parallelization that divides the workload into several software threads rather than having a single core handling the entire workload.
After splitting the workload into numerous threads, the threads are processed simultaneously by the different CPU cores, which helps save time and ensure stream-lined performance. Today, all game engines rely heavily on multi-threading or the utilization of multiple cores. Single-threading is now a thing of the past, as it's only associated with older game engines that are now extinct.
Okay, so what is the exalted Hyper-Threading technology that Intel is bragging about? It's a very specific technology that allows a single core within a processor to interleave several threads at a faster, more efficient pace. The technology is present solely in Core i9 CPUs. When it's enabled, it exposes each physical core to two execution contexts. But what does that mean, exactly?
It essentially means that each physical core will be viewed as two "logical" cores that can handle spare software threads, which equates to more work getting done in parallel. Let's take the Core i9-10900K, for example. This is a processing chipset that's equipped with 10 physical cores, but with Hyper-Threading activated, it displays 20 threads rather than 10, enabling it to do more.
To put things into perspective, CPUs endowed with Hyper-Threading technology tend to have higher throughput than other CPUs by up to 30%. The cores of a non-i9 CPU are forced to wait until other tasks are complete, whereas the cores of an i9 CPU make use of the idle time by getting additional tasks done, which is the most paramount advantage of having an i9 laptop.
With the aid of Hyper-Threading technology, your laptop will be able to process a ton of info and run numerous background tasks without any hindrance. If you deal with heavily threaded software regularly as a serious gamer, streamer, or multitasker, you'd definitely benefit from having an i9 laptop. If you're still unsure, read our article on which is best between the AMD Ryzen or Intel i9.
Another speed-related enhancement that i9 processors have over other CPUs is the Intel Turbo Boost technology. But wait a minute, isn't Turbo Boost technology available on most Intel CPUs newer than 2nd Gen? This is true, but as with all technologies, newer is always better. Okay, so what is Turbo Boost technology, exactly, and how does it improve a laptop's performance?
To understand the significance of Turbo Boost technology, you must first understand that there's a form of imbalance that a processing unit prompts when trying to distribute its resources evenly on both CPU-intensive and memory-intensive programs, which causes the processor to operate at maximum frequency. Turbo Boost technology is intended to address this imbalance.
Turbo Boost technology enables the processor to run at its base clock speed when it's tackling a light workload and to tap into its maximum frequency only when required. CPUs use less power when running at low clock rates, which results in a better battery lifespan. And if more speed is needed, Turbo Boost will provide within safe power and temperature limits.
The effect of Turbo Boost technology is notable enough to be perceived when dealing with both single-threaded and multi-threaded applications. How do you activate Turbo Boost on a laptop? You don't. The functionality is activated by default and kicks in when required, so you don't have to configure anything. It's important to note that there are two versions of Turbo Boost tech.
Turbo Boost 2.0 is available for most Intel Core CPUs above 2nd Gen, including i5, i7, i9, and Xeon CPUs, whereas Turbo Boost Max 3.0 is only available in X-series CPUs. Basically, it's an enhanced version of Turbo Boost 2.0 that increases the fastest cores' speed within a CPU individually while simultaneously having these boosted cores handle critical workloads.
Like we always say, there are other constituents of high performance than just a powerful CPU. Even if you integrate the latest speed enhancements and technology, it would all be pointless if the computer isn't backed by a powerful graphics card. Propitiously, i9 laptops feature Intel's UHD Graphics, capable of handling 4K applications, from gaming to photo/video editing.
Granted, UHD Graphics isn't the most powerful offering by Intel, but when used in conjunction with a Core i9 CPU, it displays remarkable graphics handling capabilities that allow it to tackle intensive open-world video games fairly well. Not only that, but it also offers VR capabilities. If you're looking to take things up a notch, opt for an i9 laptop that features a dedicated GPU.
Intel Optane Memory is another innovation that's often associated with i9 laptops and desktops. It basically accelerates the responsiveness of your hard drive. Wait a minute, hard drive? Sadly, yes. This was the main problem with Optane Memory, as most people wanted to use it within a system that's running on SSD storage.
To grant people their wish, Intel has provided support for Optane Memory on new 8th-Gen units. Not only that, but Intel has also integrated a mode that enables you to use Optane Memory with a secondary drive. With these updates intact, you now possess the ability to boot the system to an SSD and then use Optane Memory for caching your saturated hard drive. Pretty neat, huh?
Virtually all Core i9 laptops use Optane Memory technology, but it's not really exclusive to Core i9 chipsets. Laptops and desktops that are housing Core i5 and Core i7 processors can also use this new caching technology. When paired with a powerful CPU like an i9 chip, however, the effect of Optane Memory becomes even more visible.
All things considered, laptops equipped with Core i9 chipsets seem to enjoy an array of speed enhancements that other laptops lack, making them the ultimate performers. Is an i9 laptop worth the hefty investment? Yes, but only if you want to overclock and employ superior multi-threading. Aside from that, you'd be fine using an i7 or even an i5 laptop.
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Fighting superbugs November 18 th is the annual European Antibiotic Awareness Day . Its purpose is to highlight the increase of bacterial resistance to antibiotics on the continent .
Peter Mullany – unveiling antibiotics resistance genes Nowadays, doctors treat patients with broad spectrum antibiotics without testing. But if they want to test they can send the bacteria away to a laboratory. This microbiology laboratory will test sensitivities to antibiotics for them.


So maybe you are feeling a little skeptical about the whole 'life coach' thing. What does a life coach really do? How can they help you, or what are the benefits?
This definition is fairly accurate, but life coaches can actually take on a number of roles, depending on your needs and the type of coach you are working with. Here are seven typical roles of a life coach.
Sometimes a life coach will simply be there as a sounding board to help you weed out unimportant or ill advised activities and focus on the best items. Many top CEO's employ personal life coaches who help them stay on track and focus on their goals and the goals of their company. You might need a life coach to help reorganize your life, tweak certain aspects of your life, or even gain clarity on your goals.
Most Life Coaches are great at getting to the heart of the matter. Using questions instead of simply giving information they often lead the person being coached to the answers that they really need.
Often you just need someone with different eyes on the situation to give you an outside perspective free from the emotional attachments that you carry in your situations. This also means that you must be open to new ideas and perspectives.
Many times just knowing that I am going to meet someone who is going to ask me a question is enough to get me off my backside to accomplish whatever it was. Just the other day I met with a couple of the guys that I work with and we set out goals that we wanted to accomplish in the next 7 days. Most of them were personal, some were business goals, but I am sure we will do a better job of meeting those goals this week then we did last week because we know we are going to be asking each other about them at the end of the week.
Accountability is a powerful part of coaching, and of attaining goals. Through small steps, big things can be accomplished.
If you are wishy-washy on your reason for being on the planet, the right coach can help you. My friend and author Stephen Blandino (http://stephenblandino.com) first helped me understand one of my life purposes by turning me on to Life coaching about 10 years ago and I have been enjoying doing it with lots of people over the years since then.
While not everyone needs help in understanding their life purpose, gaining clarity in specific areas that bring fulfilment can lead to a much better quality of life.
Do you have goals out there that you just can't seem to reach. Maybe you have been thinking, dreaming and planning about some of them for years but can't seem to get forward progress. The right coach can give you the traction you need to make your dreams a reality.
Taking the time to get away can often give you the discernment that you need to figure out what you should be focusing on. When that doesn't work a few pertinent questions can often be all that you need to set you in the right direction. Locating and understanding what needs to be done in your life can significantly reduce the stress involved in big decisions or challenges.
Life coaches are really exactly what their name suggests; people who coach others as they go through the various challenges and distractions of life to help you get the most out of the life you have..
The basic function of a life coach is to allow you take the next step in life, to help you make the best use of your time and energy. And when you employ your time and energy effectively and efficiently in the right direction, you are suddenly able to accomplish great things of lasting value.
To start reaping the benefits of life coaching, all you need is a basic level of training, and a friend who is also looking to be coached in an area of their life.
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Since 1996, over 5,000 New England residents have received a reliable car from Good News Garage. These families have been able to get to work, care for their children, further their education, obtain medical care, and access affordable housing -- changing their lives!
Good News Garage changes the lives of New Englanders over the long-term. Meet some of our memorable clients:
In 2017, Dylan was a single mother trying her best to make ends meet. With a 10-month-old daughter and a job to get to, life without a reliable vehicle was making for a very rough road. She had hoped to go to school to study medical assisting, but without a car, her career goals seemed impossible. Then Dylan received some great news; her Vermont Reach Up caseworker notified her that she would be receiving a 2001 Subaru Legacy from Good News Garage through its Wheels to Work program.
Now a little over a year since she received her Subaru, Dylan is nearly finished with her medical assisting associates degree and has become a certified end-of-life doula. She hopes to start her own business.
"Thank you Good News Garage. This car opened so many doors for me to be successful for my daughter and myself!"
When Erika received her "new" 2006 Subaru Outback from Good News Garage in October 2015, she was working at Addison County Community Trust in Vergennes, VT, as an administrative assistant. Immediately after receiving her car, Erika was able to increase her hours from 30 hours a week to 40 hours a week because she didn't have to rely on the bus schedule or getting rides from friends. In December, she was able to drive to Boston to attend a training program, which allowed her to receive a promotion to certified occupancy specialist. Erika was able to attend another training program in February for further certification. "Having my own car has given me more than extra hours in my job," shared Erika. "It's put me on a career path."
Jamie received a 2000 Toyota Camry from Good News Garage in November 2012 and is still driving it today. Jamie said having a car has enabled her to be self-sufficient and makes her life so much easier. She's graduating from Champlain College in May 2016 and has already been accepted into the graduate program of social work at University of Vermont. She said she can't imaging how much more difficult that would have been or if she would have been able to do it without a car to drive to classes and to her internship. Jamie said that having a car means that she and her 6-year-old daughter are able to drive to visit family and to go camping in the summer and on other little adventures. "The best part of having my own car is being self-sufficient," said Jamie. "It makes everything in my life easier to be able to go wherever I need to without having to rely on other people."
Tashanda moved from New York City to Vermont hoping to find career opportunities in the African American salon business. Initially, Tashanda utilized GNG's Ready To Go program, which brought her two-year-old son to daycare and Tashanda to her internship. After riding a Ready To Go van for nine months, Tashanda applied for a Good News Garage car. She received a "new" Subaru, which allowed her to finish school, earn her salon license, and get a job. "You wouldn't think [not having a car] is such a big deal but it IS. I was able to see my family on the holidays, which was so special. I was able to have my son see Vermont, and he was able to connect with this place in a way other than just going to school," Tashanda said. After she'd been served well by her car for six years, Tashanda donated the car back to Good News Garage! Tashanda said, "I thought giving my car back would help someone else like it helped me. Good News Garage gave me my independence."
Nancy said "If not for this program I'm sure I would have ended up in a shelter with no job, no self-worth and no end in sight. I know there are many people out there in the same situation as myself - working very hard with no light at the end of the tunnel. People like myself need organizations like the Good News Garage, so if you have a car you no longer need please donate it to help another struggling family."
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How can you boost innovation in your business? Penalize inaction, and celebrate failure.
There's a reason everyone wants to work at Google. They solve hard problems, know how to hire and retain the brightest people, give them power and keep them happy. Though, for most people work is a means to an end: a way to make a buck.
Tagged google, John Doerr, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Laszlo Bock.
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Tagged Innovation, Stephen Colbert, Travis Kalanick, Uber (company).


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#include "cifar10.h"
#include "singa/model/feed_forward_net.h"
#include "singa/model/optimizer.h"
#include "singa/model/updater.h"
#include "singa/model/initializer.h"
#include "singa/model/metric.h"
#include "singa/utils/channel.h"
#include "singa/utils/string.h"
#include "singa/core/memory.h"
#include <thread>
#include <memory>

namespace singa {
const std::string engine = "cudnn";

LayerConf GenConvConf(string name, int nb_filter, int kernel, int stride,
                      int pad, float std) {
  LayerConf conf;
  conf.set_name(name);
  conf.set_type(engine + "_convolution");
  ConvolutionConf *conv = conf.mutable_convolution_conf();
  conv->set_num_output(nb_filter);
  conv->add_kernel_size(kernel);
  conv->add_stride(stride);
  conv->add_pad(pad);
  conv->set_bias_term(true);

  ParamSpec *wspec = conf.add_param();
  wspec->set_name(name + "_weight");
  auto wfill = wspec->mutable_filler();
  wfill->set_type("Gaussian");
  wfill->set_std(std);

  ParamSpec *bspec = conf.add_param();
  bspec->set_name(name + "_bias");
  bspec->set_lr_mult(2);
  //  bspec->set_decay_mult(0);
  return conf;
}

LayerConf GenPoolingConf(string name, bool max_pool, int kernel, int stride,
                         int pad) {
  LayerConf conf;
  conf.set_name(name);
  conf.set_type(engine + "_pooling");
  PoolingConf *pool = conf.mutable_pooling_conf();
  pool->set_kernel_size(kernel);
  pool->set_stride(stride);
  pool->set_pad(pad);
  if (!max_pool) pool->set_pool(PoolingConf_PoolMethod_AVE);
  return conf;
}

LayerConf GenReLUConf(string name) {
  LayerConf conf;
  conf.set_name(name);
  conf.set_type(engine + "_relu");
  return conf;
}

LayerConf GenDenseConf(string name, int num_output, float std, float wd) {
  LayerConf conf;
  conf.set_name(name);
  conf.set_type("singa_dense");
  DenseConf *dense = conf.mutable_dense_conf();
  dense->set_num_output(num_output);

  ParamSpec *wspec = conf.add_param();
  wspec->set_name(name + "_weight");
  wspec->set_decay_mult(wd);
  auto wfill = wspec->mutable_filler();
  wfill->set_type("Gaussian");
  wfill->set_std(std);

  ParamSpec *bspec = conf.add_param();
  bspec->set_name(name + "_bias");
  bspec->set_lr_mult(2);
  bspec->set_decay_mult(0);

  return conf;
}

LayerConf GenLRNConf(string name) {
  LayerConf conf;
  conf.set_name(name);
  conf.set_type(engine + "_lrn");
  LRNConf *lrn = conf.mutable_lrn_conf();
  lrn->set_local_size(3);
  lrn->set_alpha(5e-05);
  lrn->set_beta(0.75);
  return conf;
}

LayerConf GenFlattenConf(string name) {
  LayerConf conf;
  conf.set_name(name);
  conf.set_type("singa_flatten");
  return conf;
}

FeedForwardNet CreateNet() {
  FeedForwardNet net;
  Shape s{3, 32, 32};

  net.Add(GenConvConf("conv1", 32, 5, 1, 2, 0.0001), &s);
  net.Add(GenPoolingConf("pool1", true, 3, 2, 1));
  net.Add(GenReLUConf("relu1"));
  net.Add(GenLRNConf("lrn1"));
  net.Add(GenConvConf("conv2", 32, 5, 1, 2, 0.01));
  net.Add(GenReLUConf("relu2"));
  net.Add(GenPoolingConf("pool2", false, 3, 2, 1));
  net.Add(GenLRNConf("lrn2"));
  net.Add(GenConvConf("conv3", 64, 5, 1, 2, 0.01));
  net.Add(GenReLUConf("relu3"));
  net.Add(GenPoolingConf("pool3", false, 3, 2, 1));
  net.Add(GenFlattenConf("flat"));
  net.Add(GenDenseConf("ip", 10, 0.01, 250));
  return net;
}

void Train(float lr, int num_epoch, string data_dir) {
  Cifar10 data(data_dir);
  Tensor train_x, train_y, test_x, test_y;
  Tensor train_x_1, train_x_2, train_y_1, train_y_2;
  {
    auto train = data.ReadTrainData();
    size_t nsamples = train.first.shape(0);
    auto mtrain =
        Reshape(train.first, Shape{nsamples, train.first.Size() / nsamples});
    const Tensor &mean = Average(mtrain, 0);
    SubRow(mean, &mtrain);
    train_x = Reshape(mtrain, train.first.shape());
    train_y = train.second;

    LOG(INFO) << "Slicing training data...";
    train_x_1 = Tensor(Shape{nsamples / 2, train.first.shape(1),
        train.first.shape(2), train.first.shape(3)});
    LOG(INFO) << "Copying first data slice...";
    CopyDataToFrom(&train_x_1, train_x, train_x.Size() / 2);
    train_x_2 = Tensor(Shape{nsamples / 2, train.first.shape(1),
        train.first.shape(2), train.first.shape(3)});
    LOG(INFO) << "Copying second data slice...";
    CopyDataToFrom(&train_x_2, train_x, train_x.Size() / 2, 0,
                   train_x.Size() / 2);
    train_y_1 = Tensor(Shape{nsamples / 2});
    train_y_1.AsType(kInt);
    LOG(INFO) << "Copying first label slice...";
    CopyDataToFrom(&train_y_1, train_y, train_y.Size() / 2);
    train_y_2 = Tensor(Shape{nsamples / 2});
    train_y_2.AsType(kInt);
    LOG(INFO) << "Copying second label slice...";
    CopyDataToFrom(&train_y_2, train_y, train_y.Size() / 2, 0,
                   train_y.Size() / 2);

    auto test = data.ReadTestData();
    nsamples = test.first.shape(0);
    auto mtest =
        Reshape(test.first, Shape{nsamples, test.first.Size() / nsamples});
    SubRow(mean, &mtest);
    test_x = Reshape(mtest, test.first.shape());
    test_y = test.second;
  }

  CHECK_EQ(train_x.shape(0), train_y.shape(0));
  CHECK_EQ(test_x.shape(0), test_y.shape(0));
  LOG(INFO) << "Total Training samples = " << train_y.shape(0)
            << ", Total Test samples = " << test_y.shape(0);
  CHECK_EQ(train_x_1.shape(0), train_y_1.shape(0));
  LOG(INFO) << "On net 1, Training samples = " << train_y_1.shape(0)
            << ", Test samples = " << test_y.shape(0);
  CHECK_EQ(train_x_2.shape(0), train_y_2.shape(0));
  LOG(INFO) << "On net 2, Training samples = " << train_y_2.shape(0);

  auto net_1 = CreateNet();
  auto net_2 = CreateNet();

  SGD sgd;
  OptimizerConf opt_conf;
  opt_conf.set_momentum(0.9);
  auto reg = opt_conf.mutable_regularizer();
  reg->set_coefficient(0.004);
  sgd.Setup(opt_conf);
  sgd.SetLearningRateGenerator([lr](int step) {
    if (step <= 120)
      return 0.001;
    else if (step <= 130)
      return 0.0001;
    else
      return 0.00001;
  });

  SoftmaxCrossEntropy loss_1, loss_2;
  Accuracy acc_1, acc_2;
  /// Create updater aggregating gradient on CPU
  std::shared_ptr<Updater> updater = std::make_shared<LocalUpdater>(2, &sgd);

  /// Only need to register parameter once.
  net_1.Compile(true, true, updater, &loss_1, &acc_1);
  net_2.Compile(true, false, updater, &loss_2, &acc_1);

  MemPoolConf mem_conf;
  mem_conf.add_device(0);
  mem_conf.add_device(1);
  std::shared_ptr<DeviceMemPool> mem_pool(new CnMemPool(mem_conf));
  std::shared_ptr<CudaGPU> dev_1(new CudaGPU(0, mem_pool));
  std::shared_ptr<CudaGPU> dev_2(new CudaGPU(1, mem_pool));

  net_1.ToDevice(dev_1);
  net_2.ToDevice(dev_2);

  train_x_1.ToDevice(dev_1);
  train_y_1.ToDevice(dev_1);
  test_x.ToDevice(dev_1);
  test_y.ToDevice(dev_1);
  train_x_2.ToDevice(dev_2);
  train_y_2.ToDevice(dev_2);

  // net.Train(100, num_epoch, train_x, train_y, test_x, test_y);

  LOG(INFO) << "Launching thread...";
  std::thread t1 =
      net_1.TrainThread(50, num_epoch, train_x_1, train_y_1, test_x, test_y);
  std::thread t2 = net_2.TrainThread(50, num_epoch, train_x_2, train_y_2);
  t1.join();
  t2.join();
}
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
  singa::InitChannel(nullptr);
  int pos = singa::ArgPos(argc, argv, "-epoch");
  int nEpoch = 1;
  if (pos != -1) nEpoch = atoi(argv[pos + 1]);
  pos = singa::ArgPos(argc, argv, "-lr");
  float lr = 0.001;
  if (pos != -1) lr = atof(argv[pos + 1]);
  pos = singa::ArgPos(argc, argv, "-data");
  string data = "cifar-10-batches-bin";
  if (pos != -1) data = argv[pos + 1];

  LOG(INFO) << "Start training";
  singa::Train(lr, nEpoch, data);
  LOG(INFO) << "End training";
}


After the hardwork of Dandiya, our appetite increased both for food & events. "Cake your Day Special" was the tag line of our next extraordinary cake workshop. This was a 2 day workshop comprising of 25 students. There was a variety of delicious flavors like Barbie cake, White pearl, Devil's own, Fruit cake, 3D cake etc. Students' mouth watered with the essence & look of cakes.


Teach your host family conversational English and explore France during your free time!
France is world-famous as the country of cuisine, fashion, romance and style. Experience Paris and all its wonders. Explore rich history and beauty in Brittany, Normandy, South of France and Provence, and ski the snow-capped Alps!
Enjoy delicious food, the biggest array of cheeses you could imagine, world-class wine and, of course real Champagne!
Teaching English to a host family in France enables you to travel to France as a live-in guest with a warm, welcoming French host family.
With a deep focus on cultural exchange, our host families are not only excited to learn English but also can't wait to share the characteristics of France, its culture and cuisine with you.
No qualifications are necessary for our cultural home stay – just a strong desire to be an enthusiastic and fun helper as you explore every day English words and basic sentences.
All accommodation and meals are included in this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a French local.
Our host families live all over France, you need to be open to all locations to be offered the best available family opportunities.
Because you'll only be tutoring 15 hours per week, you'll have plenty of time to sightsee and make French friends! Hop on a fast train (300 kms p/hr!) in your free time, and explore everything this beautiful country has to offer.
Sound exciting? It is. Our applicants rave about what we do.
We guide you through the entire process and help you find a great host family guaranteed -so you have peace of mind before you leave Australia.
We spend a great deal of time on finding you a perfect host family match. We spend a lot of time understanding your goals and hopes for your trip away. There needs to be a "connection" between you and your host family. You will Skype and email your family – as many times as you'd like – and get to know them. Then we lock away your host family so you can pack and say goodbye to home knowing that your new home in France is locked in, ready and waiting.
Our French host families know that your main purpose for coming to France is to learn the language and to experience the amazing rich tapestry of French life.
Although your host family won´t be paying you a weekly allowance, in exchange for 15 hours tuition you will receive your own private room and all meals 7 days a week – equivalent to 120+ Euro / A$1300 p/wk. That's a lot of your hard-earned money you can enjoy travelling and sightseeing instead!
You will tutor the family members for 15 hours a week, from Monday to Friday.
In most cases you will be teaching the children, but in some cases it may be the parents who are interested in improving their language skills.
What is conversational English? Could I do it? Yes!


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Holbrook Animal Rescue April 2018-Present Duties include: Socialising with the dogs, socialising with the cats, walking the dogs.
RSPCA, South Godstone - Volunteer July 2017-August 2017 Duties include: Cleaning out kennels, cleaning blankets and towels, cleaning food bowls, walking the dogs.
Drusillas Park, East Sussex - Volunteer September 2015-December 2015 Duties include: Supervising walk-through enclosures, answering questions from the public, animal handling.


Housing loan programs might be the best way to invest in a new home.
State and federal programs provide numerous resources to help alleviate some of the burden for potential homeowners. The decision to purchase money loans can be the key to affordable housing. Making a down payment on your loan has generally been the qualifying factor that makes or breaks most applicants.
Although the credit market stays consistent for the most part, there have been recent adjustments with consideration to the economic climate and some major banks are reducing their down payment percentage, making loans easier to afford for many people.
Making affordable housing available for people has been the goal of several federal and state run programs for many years. These programs have greatly reduced the number of first-time buyers and consistently provided financial guidance and relief for qualifying parties.
Proving financial stability to pay off the loan is imperative.
Previously, the FHA was the best option for many people seeking assistance with housing loan programs. But now there are more resources available for first-time buyers.


This beautiful ring has been handmade to Alan's design. Made of platinum the design is Art Deco influenced and has a round ruby set in an 18ct yellow gold rubover setting framed by a mille-grained platinum diamond set surround within which are 4 round diamonds set in mille-grained rubover settings at 12, 3 6 & 9 o'clock with a total of 12 smaller round diamonds set between them. There are 3 round diamonds in mille-grained rubover settings set into each platinum shoulder above a platinum shank that has been hallmarked by the London Assay office for platinum & 18ct gold and 2018 and bears the sponsors' mark "A&SP" for Alan & Sue Poultney.


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Q: Remove the positive terminal button of an AA battery? I was thinking of doing a simple repair: replacement of a NiMH AA battery in a device I own, but it uses a battery without any protruding positive terminal (no room to spare). I can't really find any new such batteries that are easily available to me. I only need the one and I would feel stupid importing a single AA battery if I can avoid it.
I'm wondering if there's an easy method to convert an ordinary commercial cell, i.e. remove the positive terminal button, which would still allow for soldering (or spot welding)? I doubt that flattening it with compression is a good idea, and the only alternative I can think of is to file it down, or, if it's loose, pull it out with pliers. Would that work?

A: The "button" is formed into the top metal part (it's never solid, that would be too expensive) and filing it off will destroy the battery seal, as will your more violent suggestions. Damaging the seal will allow the electrolyte to escape. Image from here.

You can source an appropriate cell or perhaps salvage one from an existing battery pack with welded tabs. NiMH cells have a limited shelf life though, at least in my experience.